Agricultural Production and Prehistoric Settlement in the Jama River Drainage, Manabi Province, Ecuador

厄瓜多尔马纳维省贾马河流域的农业生产和史前聚落

• 批准号: 8709649
• 负责人: Deborah Pearsall
• 金额: $ 5.04万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-01 至 1989-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8709649&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Agricultural; Production; Prehistoric; Settlement; Jama

This grant permits Drs. Pearsall and Zeidler to conduct one season of fieldwork at the site of San Isidro which is located in the Jama drainage in northern Equador. They will both continue to excavate at the site and undertake a survey of the surrounding reigon. San Isidro contains a large, centrally located earthern mound which suggests that it functioned as a regional ceremonial and administrative center. The site's size and monumental architecture imply the existence of surplus production capable of supporting a dense populaation and materials recovered suggest that San Isidro was a major point of external contact and commodity flow both along the coast of Equador and between the coast and the highlands. Because the stratigraphic and chronological sequence at the site is not well established, the investigators will analyze materials already collected and conduct archaeological testing to locate areas suitable for further stratigraphic excavation. Through survey of the Jama drainage they will locate other sites. Surface collections and limited excavation will be conducted at these as well. The goal of the research is to study the process of demographic growth and the accompanying development of cultural complexity which took place in this tropical area of northern Equador. Although such complex societies arose in the tropics many times in different parts of the world, the underlying processes are not well understood. This research will allow the testing of different models. While Equador is known to be rich in archaeological remains, little archaeological research has been conducted there. This project will help to remedy that situation.

这笔赠款允许皮尔索尔博士和泽德勒博士在圣伊西德罗遗址进行为期一个赛季的实地考察，圣伊西德罗遗址位于阿卡多北部的贾马排水系统。他们两人都将继续在现场挖掘，并对周围的统治者进行调查。圣伊西德罗有一个位于中心的大型土丘，这表明它是一个地区仪式和行政中心。该遗址的大小和不朽的建筑意味着存在能够支持人口稠密的过剩生产，回收的材料表明圣伊西德罗是沿埃尔多岛海岸以及海岸和高地之间的外部联系和商品流动的主要地点。由于该遗址的地层和年代序列尚未确定，调查人员将分析已收集的材料并进行考古测试，以确定适合进一步挖掘地层的区域。通过对贾马排水系统的勘测，他们将确定其他地点。地面收集和有限的挖掘也将在这些地方进行。这项研究的目的是研究在赤道北部这个热带地区发生的人口增长过程和随之而来的文化复杂性的发展。尽管这种复杂的社会在世界不同地区多次出现在热带地区，但其潜在的过程并未得到很好的理解。这项研究将允许测试不同的模型。虽然众所周知，埃尔多尔拥有丰富的考古遗迹，但那里几乎没有进行过考古研究。这个项目将有助于纠正这种情况。